Further Resources
Leah Barclay:
Bernie Krause:
Music-central sites that advocate soundscape composition
EarthEar - http://earthear.com/
A record label run by Jim Cummings. “Tiny label with a worldwide reputation. Environmental soundscape art: CDs, online EarthEar radio, and sound blog. Featuring engaging "pure" natural sound producers, and accessible experimental releases.”
greenmuseum.org - http://greenmuseum.org/
greenmuseum.org, is a 100% volunteer run online museum of environmental art founded in 2001. Their goal is to"inform, inspire and connect people through environmental art and encourage the creation of new work that serves communities and ecosystems." Check out the online exhibition “The Voice of the Planet is the Muse” - http://greenmuseum.org/c/vop/vop_intro.php
Sonospace - https://www.sonospace.org/
Sonospace is a sound archive and record label that focuses on "the investigation and documentation of quality sound and music composition." Their featured work ranges from field recording and sound art to ambient minimalism. Check out Sonospace’s Earth (Listening) digital collaboration album: https://sonospace.bandcamp.com/album/earth-listening
Interdisciplinary sites focused on the intersection of music and environment:
Ear to Earth - http://eartotheearth.org/
Ear to the Earth is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in New York City. Their mission is to "create an interactive and dynamic global network of artists, activists, and public to share and exchange information, ideas, music, art, and stories that relate to our natural and cultural environments."
The Global Sustainable Soundscapes Network - http://soundscapenetwork.org/
"The Global Sustainable Soundscapes Network (GSSN) began in the fall of 2011 with a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation. The overarching objective of our network is to bring together ecologists (landscape ecologists and conservation biologists), acoustic ecologists (from the creative arts) and acousticians and psychoacousticians (scientists that study sound and how people perceive sound) to coordinate studies in diverse soundscapes around the world."
Sonic Field - http://sonicfield.org/
Sonic Field is "an interdisciplinary network of resources around the theory and practice of listening, sound studies, sonic arts, auditory culture and the sonic environment."
